Experience

Greater Palm Springs CVB

• Copywriter

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  • Promote the organization's core message, products, and services through persuasive, on-brand copy• Create written content across various platforms and channels (blog and social media posts, digital ads, press releases, brochures, merchandise, billboards, brand standards, email campaigns, presentations, video scripts, etc.)• Collaborate with marketing team to develop messaging for new campaigns• Review all external and internal communications to ensure copy meets brand standards, tone and style



Palm Springs Life Magazine

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Editor

  • Jul 2018 - Aug 2019

• Associate Editor

  • May 2016 - Jul 2018

  • Assisted the editorial director in managing 15-20 magazine publications throughout the year during all stages of production, from planning the initial editorial calendar to final delivery of the publication• Wrote stories for print and web in various lifestyle verticals (food, travel, art, etc.), in addition to cover lines, heds/deks, paid advertorials, online native advertising campaigns, and newsletters• Copy edited manuscripts for print and web and proofread layouts for grammar, style, and tone (these included magazine features and articles, media kits, various event and festival brochures, print and online advertisements, web banners, email blasts, press releases, etc.)• Assigned stories to freelance writers and provided feedback on written assignments• Coordinated with freelance photographers and videographers to schedule shoots• Collaborated with editorial director and art director(s) on design layouts and photography to create engaging and visually appealing design• Communicated with clients of custom publications to discuss their creative vision and how we can achieve that vision through editorial content, sponsored content, and photography; built and maintained strong client relationships that result in new collaborations and partnerships• Brainstormed new branding and marketing campaigns in conjunction with the marketing department (Women Who Lead, Forty Under 40, etc.) and wrote copy for existing and future campaigns

• Editorial Assistant

  • Jul 2015 - May 2016

  As an editorial assistant at Desert Publications Inc./Palm Springs Life, I assisted the editorial director and senior editor with copy editing and proofreading manuscripts for several custom magazine publications, created contracts for writers and photographers, updated budget sheets for publications, and input editorial changes using InDesign.



Indiana University Bloomington

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2011 - May 2015

  As a research assistant in the Department of Comparative Literature, I was responsible for proofreading the draft of a faculty member's future book publication for both grammatical errors and content. I also created a bibliography of all the scholarly sources referenced in the book. Another part of my job was to make an occasional trip to the Lilly Library and flip through some rare editions of Homer or Tasso and transcribe passages that the faculty member needed for an article or paper. Sometimes these passages were in medieval Italian. I performed secondary literature searches to help the faculty member prepare her readings for a new article. In short, my responsibilities required an extreme attention to detail, patience, heavy loads of reading and writing, and excellent communication skills.